I turned Mountain Dew into wine — it’s just 3 ingredients and easy to do
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Here’s a recipe for Dew it Yourself wine.
A mad food scientist on TikTok who published a video of his winemaking experiment using Mountain Dew is sharing his secret method for any viewers who dare to Dew the brew.
The transformation took Golden Hive Mead about a month to complete — a process that he initially documented in five separate TikTok videos which have garnered nearly 24 million views total. The Chicago-based content creator admitted at the beginning of the recent how-to video that he wasn’t sure it was going to work, explaining that the only thing needed to make wine is sugar and yeast.
“My plan was simple: Combine Mountain Dew with honey and yeast in a mead kit and let it ferment for a few weeks and see what happens,” he said.
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While it might seem like a lot of sugar at the beginning of the process, Golden Hive Mead shared that all of it ends up being consumed by the yeast, producing hooch as a result.
He added that the preservatives in the soda, which would prevent the bev from turning boozy, are rendered ineffective at higher pH levels, so he added a bit of baking soda to alkalize the mixture.
To his shock, the concoction already started fermenting by day two — but he continued the experiment for another four weeks before adding a clarifying agent for a less cloudy appearance. A few weeks after that, he confirmed that the drink was done.
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The wine he created had an estimated alcoholic content of 13.9%.
In another surprise, the drink “didn’t taste completely like battery acid” — he described it as a smooth, citrus mead with a “slight chemical aftertaste.”